New T-Shirts

Wednesday, 19 April 2006

There were two common complaints six months ago when I started
ringing the bell for Daring Fireball membership renewals. The first
is that there weren’t new t-shirt designs; people who had previously
purchased the original shirt wanted to buy another, but, quite
reasonably, didn’t want to buy another of the exact same shirt.

As of now, this problem has been addressed:

(I’m sure most of you don’t need me to point this out, but do note
that the “Your PC is a POS” slogan is typeset in Chicago 12px — the
original system font of both the Macintosh and the iPod.)

Here’s the deal: Your first shirt costs $29; each additional shirt
costs just $19. So, you can buy two for $48, or get all three (the
original shirt is still available) for $67. Shipping to the U.S. and
Canada is included in the price, and is $5 per shirt anywhere else
in the world. New orders include a one-year membership to
Daring Fireball.

And — and this is really important — if you’re already a Daring
Fireball member, you can log in and you’ll pay just $19 per
shirt. I.e. you get the multiple shirt discount right off the bat,
just by logging in with your email address and membership key.

As for the second common complaint regarding the membership system,
that one tended to go something like this: You’re a good writer and
Daring Fireball is one of my favorite web sites, and so I might be
willing to support your efforts by doing your membership thing, but,
and I hate to say this, you don’t write frequently enough. If you
wrote more often and more regularly, I’d join.